Primary Kidney Disease and Post-Renal Transplantation Hospitalization Costs

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 962-965

  Ghoddousi, K ^a   Ramezani, M K ^a   Assari, S ^a   Lankarani, M M ^a   Amini, M ^a   Khedmat, H ^a   Hollisaaz, M T ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IRAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34248517252     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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